The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-03-11
THE READY PISTOL.
A Barkeeper Shoots at His Assistant.
Arrest ofthe Shooter. Statements
on Both sides.

reports and no end Of false rumors we're
piled during the day For instance, it
was freely circulated on the street during
the afternoon that the shooter had died
from heart disease in the Station. Be
low is an account Of the occurrence as
the police have it from the shooter,
with additional particulars from them
selves; also statement made by the
apparently intended victim OF the shot.
1t appears that w. H. Vance, first
barkeeper at the Empire, and Il. G.
Marden, assistant, did not pull we'll q
gether On Wednesday evening Valce
gave Marden a discharge, but the later
apparently did not accept dismissal, I
he turned up at the saloon at c
o'clock yesterday morning. Va e
ordered Marden to leave the premi. \,
and on the behest being disregar,
pulled revolver and shot at his ass 3
tant The bullet passed very close %
Marden and through a venetian hs {
door at the rear of the bar-room.
Somebody telephoned to Police Cap
tain Tell, who quickly went to the
saloon. On entering he saw Vance
trying to open the door on the
Eva side and accostinghim said "There's
beensome shooting Pmtold. Vance
replied, ayes; | did it." He pro-
ceeded to tell the officer the stery out
lined above, when Capt Tell placing
his hand on him told him he was under
arrest, and asked Vance to deliver up
the pistol with which the shooting was
done, to which Vance demuued, but
at this moment Marden entered with a
whole squad of police he had gathered
in the vicinity. Marden cried out ex-
citedly, "Theres the man that shot at
me; arrest him" Capt. Tell informed
Marden that his assailant was his pris-
oner Vance having still declined @
surrender the weapon, he was seiz,C
by one or two policemen, when Capt.
Tell distracted it from his hip pocket.
1t contained four cartridges intact and
one discharged.
Vance was taken to the Station anc
at the Police Court was brought up on
the charge of assault with a deadly
weapon and remanded till Saturday
He told officers at the Station that he
did not mean to shoot Marden, but
only to Brighten HIM.
STATEMENT BY MARDEN.
Marden, the man shot at, was seen
by our reporter last evening, and gave
an account of the trouble differing
somewhat from the version given by
Vance to the police. There had been
talk of taking on another assistant, who
was to have come by the steamer Aus
tralia, and it appears, did arrive by that
vessel. On Wednesday afternoon about
halfpast four, Marden says, Vance
asked him if Mr. Olds, the proprietor,
had told Marden that he was to go out
on that evening. Marden answered in
the negative, adding that he was going
to stay till Monday, when it was ar
ranged that an understanding would be
had between the proprietor and him.
self Vance then told him that he
should not stay till Monday, but go
out that evening and deliver up his
|. US to Vance at hali-past FIVE o'clock.
Iarden retorted that Vance could
Il We the keys if he was a better man
nan him but not otherwise. Marde
returned to duty in the evening, but
nothing was said to him by Vance,
That evening he telephoned to N
Olds at Kaneohe, enquiring wheth
what Vance told him was true, and re-
ceiyed reply at the Waikiki baths tn
it was not, but he should stay on ur
Mr.. Odds arrived in town on Mondy.
Yesterday morning about five o'clc
Marden arrived at the saloon. Tn
ale two entrances on the side tow
the harbor, one next Nuuanu stree.
having a sort of entry or bay within
the saloon. Both have strong doors
inside and swinging venetian half
doors outside. 1t was to the farther
door from Nuuanu street that Marder
came, and on inserting his key he
pushed out one left by Vance on the
inside. While working with the lock
he heard Vance open the adjoining
door, and glancng above the half doc
over his shoulder saw him come on
and stand in line with himself Th'
next moment Vance without a wore
discharged the pistol, the bullet pass
ing parallel with the building and 60
ing through a slat Of the halfdoor
held swung open by Marden's body
Passing through the wood diagonall
the bullet left jagged hole about al
inch and half long and quarter OF al
inch wide 1t passed very close to tn
place occupied by the upper part O
Marden's arm and moment late
would have entered his body, as h
was about to step back from the door
way.
Marden says that Vance had tw'
lamps in front of the bar lighted, par
of the work that the former usually at
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